Tie and rail fastener



` 1. 0. KLEIN.

TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLlcArxoN man omai, 1920.

1,396,558 1 Patented NOV. 8, 1921.

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TIE A N' D RAIL FASTENER.

Application filed December 31, 1920.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it lmown that I, JOHN O. KLEIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented a. cert-ain new and useful Improvement in Tie and RailFasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My device relates to a tie and rail fastener designed particularly toprevent creeping of the rail by utilizing the force tending to causecreeping to more rmly bind the rail to the tie. Another object. is toprovide a fastening of such character that it may be very readilyinstalled and removed, but will be effective when in use. A furtherobject is to provide a fastening adapted to coperate with a cast metaltie which shall be strong enough to firmly hold the rails in position,but shall be of light and comparatively cheap construction. Furtherobjects of the invention and features of novelty will be apparent in thecourse of the following description and claims.

Referring to the drawings in which a preferred embodiment of myinvention is shown, Figure 1 is a top plan of atie ernbodying myinvention and showing the rails attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a side viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the tie. Fig. 4 is afragment-ary approximately isometric perspective view of one end of therail tie. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5'-5, Fig. 2.

Referring to the different parts by numeral, v10 is a rail tie havingthe spaces 16 and 17, 17 Vformed therein so as to prevent waste ofmaterial and at the same time having its rail receiving vportion of fullthickness so as to have suliicient strength to form a firm seat for therails. This tie may advantageously be a cast steel structure.

The tie 10 may be provided on its upper surface with t-he rail flangeengaging members 12'. These members may be all integral with or suitablyadapted to the tie 10, and the inner vertical ends adjacent the railentend perpendicular to the sides of the tie 1n the usual-manner.Opposite each set of these engaging members aparallel-sided channel 14is provided. This channel may be H- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

Serial No. 434,209.

shaped in cross section as shown, so as to form a firm seat for theflange-carrying )member subsequently described.

This channel has its sides extending transversely to the sides of thetie, but not perpendicular thereto. Each of these channels has its sidestherefore closer to the line formed by the rail flange engaging portionsof the cooperating lugs 12 on one side of the tie than on the otherside, and the channels are closest to the line mentioned on the sameside of the tie in each case. The exact angle, which the channel makeswith the sides of the tie is, of course, not important, though I havefound that the acute angle of about 83 gives a very satisfactory result.

Adapted to seat in the channels, which have been described, areparallelsided members 20, which are complementarily formed so as toengage these channels respectively, and carry on their upper surfacesrail engaging flanges 21, which are adapted to engage that liange ofeach rail 30, respectively, which is not engaged by the lugs 12.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the sliding members in slightly differentposition with relation to the tie, the showing at the right representingthe position which the member would take when new and the position ofthe member on the left being the position that it would take, if it weresomewhat worn.

In order to provide means for reinforcing the rail laterally, as forinstance, when the rail is on a curve, I have shown the lug 15 which maybe formed between lugs 12 and integral with, or suitably attached to thetie 10.

It will be seen that by having each channel converge toward itscoperating lugs 12 at the same side of the tie causes the'thrust due tothe passage of a train over .the tie to have the same effect at eachend, that is, the train will tend to thrust the lugs 21 toward theircoperating lugs 12 to more rmly grip the rail and prevent its creeping,or if the train is goingv in the other direction the force would tend todrive the lugs 2l away from their cooperating lugs 12.

Where the device is to be used on a double track system, therefore, thetie should be so placed that the channels will converge from the lugs 12in the direct-ion in which the rails tend to creep. That is, if theforce tending to cause creep acts to move the rail in the directionshown by the arrowv in Figs. l and 5, the channels would be arranged asshown in these figures. In any case where the tend ency to creep mightbe found to be sometimes in one direction and sometimes in the other,the ties might be arranged so as to have the channels on alternate tiesconverge in opposite directions.

When it is desired to use the invention in connection with a singleVtrack system, the successive ties might advantageously be placed withtheir channels convergingV in opposite directions so that any singletrain passing over the track will tend to more.A firmly clamp the railto each alternate tie,

and the rail would be so firmly heldthat there could be no appreciablecreeping thereof. A train passing in the other direction would tend toclamp the rails on the other set of alternate ties.

The anti-creeping feature of the invention is especially needed,however, where a double track system is employed, because with a singletrack system, the traffic being about the same in one direction as theother, will itself tend to coiuiteract the creeping tendency.

In the double track system, however, where the trains continually Amovein one direction only over the track, there is a continuous andconsiderable creep of the rails unless some means is provided to preventit.

It will be seen that I have provided a simple and eflicient method ofpreventingsuch creep, by means of a device which may be easily andcheaply manufactured.Y It will further be seen that the flange carryingmovable members are operable and self-'ade justing until their flangesare completely worn away when used on a double track system, for thecreep of the rails caused by the passing of the train thereover willmove them up as they wear away to maintain them in tight clampingrelationship without necessitating any adjustment by the employees ofthe road.

While I have described a specific embodiment of my invention, it will beapparent that modifications embodying the principles thereof may bemade, and therefore, the foregoing description is to be taken asillustrative and not restrictive.

I claim:

1. In a'device of the class described, a rail tie having an obliquelyextending channel in its upper face and a rail engaging memberoccupyingsuch channel, said member having a face extending under therail and adapted to form a seat for the lower surface thereof.

2. In a device of the class described, a rail tie having a transversechannel in its upper face with a wide portion at its top and an undercutportion in said channel,

said channel extending obliquely in plan view, and the upper portionthereof extending in position-to be covered by a rail.

3. In a device of the class described, a rail tie having transverselyextending channels ,H-shaped in cross-section therein, said channelsextending obliquely to the sides of the tie, one side of said H channelopening through the upper face of the tie.

4t. In a device of the class described, a rail tie, an oblique widechannel in said tie opening through the top face of the tie and aflange-engaging lug outward of the channel and adjacent thereto, theupper portion of the channel extending closer to the lug than the widthof the lower flange of a rail.

5. In a device of the class described, a

sides of the tie and a member slidable in said channel and having a railengaging lug thereon, and a face for engaging the lower face of saidrail, and extending under the central portion thereof.

6. In a device of the class described, a rail tie having transverselyextended H- shaped channels therein, said channels being oblique to thesides of the tie and a complementarily formed member in said channel andhaving rail engagingmeans thereon.

7. In a deviceof the class described, a rail tie, a channel oblique tothe side of the tie adjacent each end of said tie, a flange engaging lugadapted to engage a lrail flange adjacent thereto and a member in saidchannel having a lug adapted to engage the other rail flange, and a faceengaging the lower face of the rail. j

8. In a device of the class described, a rail tie, obliquely extendingchannels adjacent the ends thereof, rails on said tie,a member in eachchannel having a lug engaging a flange of the adjacent rail and a facesupporting the lower face of the rail, and fixed lugs engaging theopposite flange of each rail respectively. Y

9. In a device of the class described, a rail tie having transverseoblique channels adjacent each end thereof, rail engaging lugs on saidtie adjacent said channels, said chan-V nels extending closer to thelugs than the width of a rail and members having flange engaginglugsthereon, and a portion mounted in saidchannels, and adapted toengage the' bottom face of the rails res ectively.

Y 10. In a device of the class escribed, a rail tie having transverselyextending' H- shaped channels therein, said channels being oblique tothe sides of the tie, and one of the H-shaped sides extending throughthe upper face of the tie, complementarily formed members in saidchannels having rail engaging means thereon, comprising a lug forengagement with the inner side of the rail flanges respectively, saidmembers each having a face in contact with the under side of a rail andmeans carried by the tie and outward of said channels respectively forengaging the outer flanges of the rails.

11. In a device of the class described, a rail tie, rails thereon, a setof fixed lugs on each end of the tie, each set being adapted to engagerespectively one flange of each rail,

channels extending respectively obliquely to the line formed by each setof fixed lugs, and a member in each channel having lugs for engaging theopposite flanges respectively of said rails, and a face extending flashwith the tie face and extending closer in a horizontal direction to saidline of lugs than the width of the rail.

signature.

J N O. O. KLEIN.

